From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 11 16:14: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C7CF37BB06 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:14:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from noslenj@swbell.net) Received: from ppp-208-190-158-24.dialup.austtx.swbell.net ([208.190.158.24]) by mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <0FSV008LNKJ3XO@mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net> for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:13:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (noslenj@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by acp.swbell.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA00482; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:49:34 -0500 (CDT envelope-from noslenj@swbell.net) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:49:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Jay Nelson Subject: Re: BSDCon East In-reply-to: To: Brad Knowles Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Brad Knowles wrote: >At 12:56 PM -0500 2000/4/11, David Scheidt wrote: > >> I agree with most of this. English syntax is decidedly odd. The >> construction "Would that Y X", though, is perfectly normal subjunctive >> usage. Nevermind that, were I to quiz my cow-orkers, 80% of them wouldn't >> know that. > > You want that I should quiz my cow-orkers over here? ;-) I don't know about there, but, here in Texas, most folks called that would be insulted. -- Jay To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message